Blouse or waist and skirt and belt connector.



No. 632,923. Patented Sept. 12, I899. m. LANG.

BLOUSE 0R WAIST AND SKIRT AND BELT CONNECTOR.

(Applieafion filed June 10, 1899.

(No Model.)

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U iTnD STATES PATENT @rrrcn.

MARY LANG, OF PORT HOPE, CANADA.

BLOUSE OR WAIST AND SKIRT AND BELT CONNECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 632,923, dated September 12, 1899.

Application filed June 10. 1899. Serial No. 720,123. (No model.)

To all whom/ it may concern.-

Ile it known thatI, MARY LANG, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Port Hope, in the county of Durham and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a new and useful Blouse or IVaist and Skirt and Belt Connector, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the means of connecting the blouse or waist with the skirt and belt of a ladys garments; and the objects of my invention are to provide a connector, first, that will effectually connect the blouse or waist with the skirt and belt so that they will not separate or permit of any unseemly or uncomfortable displacement of these garments and that will support the skirt so thatits weight will be borne by the shoulders and not by the hips, and, second, that can be readily and easily put I attain these objects as designated by the following specification and the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters refer to similar parts in all the figures.

Myinvention consists of a thin bar of metal or other suitable material slightly curved and either rigid or flexible, as may be desired, to conform to the form of the body of the wearer and having two clasp-levers hinged one at or near each end of the said bar in such a manner that they may be raised at any angle to the convex surface of the said bar or lie down upon it. These levers have a spring to force them down upon the bar. There are also loops made of any suitable material, one for each lever, which pass over the levers and are attached to the belt. Although two of these levers are ordinarily suflicient,

longitudinal perpendicular central section showing also a section of aportion of the belt with the levers pressed down upon them.

Fig. 7 is a-perpendicular cross-section centrally through a hinge and the belt and a portion of the blouse and of the skirt. Fig. 8 is .the main bar with its trunnions to CL a a, to

which the levers B B are hinged. Fig. 9 is another form of the clasp-levers, showing its spring F and its attachment to the bar A. Fig. 10 is an end of the bar A, as constructed for such'a lever.

In the figures, Ais the main bar, and a a a a are the trunnions, to which the levers are hinged.

B B are the levers, made of any suitable spring metal or other suitable material, and are divided into three parts 0, F, and G at their lower portions. The parts G O are curved about the trunnions a a, forming a hinge, and the part F curves about the end of the bar A in a larger curve and extends forward along the concave surface of the bar A and bears forcibly against it when the lever lies upon the convex surface. It is 7 clear that if the lever is raised this part will bear against the bar at t and by its elasticity bring it down again on being released.

D is a portion of the belt, made of any suitable material.

E E are loops attached to the inner surface of the belt in any suitable manner, either in a permanent position or so as to slide along the belt, as may be desired, and which are drawn over the levers B B, as shown in Fig. 3.

G is a portion of the blouse, and H is a portion of the skirt.

In use the connector is placed internally to the blouse. The levers B B are raised at about right angles to the bar A and put through buttonholes or other suitable holes in the band of the blouse G and then through similar holes in the band of the skirt H and brought down upon the garments. When springs are used on the levers in any suitable form, these will bring them down. The loops E E being attached to the belt are then drawn into place over the levers B B and the belt fastened about the person in any manner desired. This adds materially to the strength and completeness of the connector. The conneotor also in this manner holds the belt into position and keeps it from rising out of place. The belt and the connector are thus materially interdependent upon each other, yet the connector is very effective without the belt. The combination of the two is a portion of my invention.

There may be other forms of the levers and spring, one of which is shown at Fig. 9, in which the lever B is not divided at its lower end. In this case the bar A has an opening, as at M, Fig. 10, leaving a portion of the end about which the lower end of the lever is curved, so as to form a hinge. Any suitable spring may be used to keep the lever Bin position.

Other forms of the levers B B may be used with suitable springs, or when the belt with the loops E E is used the levers B B may be used Without any spring, the belt, with the loops E E, successfully keeping the levers in position, or, on the other hand, when the levers have the spring sufiiciently strong they may be used without the belt, and the parts of the levers thus not covered by the belt may be ornamented as desired.

It is plain that by this inventiomwhich may be fi'tly named the missing-link blouse, skirt, and belt connector, these garments and the belt are effectually connected and so that the waist bearing upon the shoulders will materially relieve the hips from the Weight of the skirt and render it unnecessary to have the waist fastened so tightly about the person of the wearer.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination, in a blouse or waist and skirt connector, a bar having two levers, hinged, one at or near one extremity of the bar, and the otherat or near the other extremity; and which levers are to pass through the blouse and skirt and connect them and each lever have a spring to hold it in position, substantially as described.

2. In combination, in a blouse or waist and skirt connector, a bar, having two levers, hinged, one at or near one extremity of the bar and the other at or near the other extremity, with a belt having two loops which pass over the said levers in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described.

3. In combination in a blouse or waist and skirt connector, a plurality of le'vershinged to a bar with a belt having a plurality of loops corresponding to the number of levers, a loop for each lever, constructed in the manner and for the purpose substantially as set forth.

MARY LANG.

Witnesses:

JANE LANG, JOSEPH SMITH. 

